The Manawan Series
Alanis made this series of short films in 1972 featuring personal stories, voices, culture, history and knowledge of members of the Atikamekw Nation in Manwan, Quebec.
Alanis made this series of short films in 1972 featuring personal stories, voices, culture, history and knowledge of members of the Atikamekw Nation in Manwan, Quebec.
Through a series of still images, the bright, inquisitive and beautiful faces of the children from the Atikamekw...
"It's not how it used to be." The words of Cezar Newashish resonate through this short documentary that explores the...
Atikamekw Elder Cezar Newashish continues to recount the history of the community of Manawan, which embodies the...
Elders Mariane and Athanas Jacob - of the Atikamekw community of Manawan - demonstrate a moose-call horn constructed...
Francois Newashish, the only one in his family not to go to residential school, recollects a story of hunting with his...
Atikamekw Elders Marianne and Athanas Jacob take us through the remarkable construction of snowshoes, starting in the...
Utilzing engineering ingenuity that is centuries old, Atikamekw elders Agatha and Cezar Newashish build a small-scale...